# Tough-Guy One-Liners **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752 "2002-05-25T03:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/61 "2002-05-28T18:50:27Z")
The Running Man: “What happened to Buzzsaw?” “He had to split.” Commando: (After killing main bad guy) “Let off some steam.” Just some more classic Ahnold. I also like Sandra Bullock’s lines from Demolition Man: “Looks like he matched his meat. You really licked his ass.” ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/62 "2002-05-28T19:21:35Z")
I kinda like an Arnold line from terminator 2. Tear Gas everywhere, Arnie walking through it with a grenade launcher. He yanks the gask mask off of a random swat team guy, and shoves the launcher into his arms. “Here, hold this.” The best line in Unforgiven, in my humble opinion, is: Little Bill: I’ll see you in hell, William Munny! Munny: Yeah. _gunshot_ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/63 "2002-05-28T20:46:55Z")
My favorite line from Unforgiven: Scofield Kid: “I guess they had it comin’, didn’t they?” Munny: “We ALL got it comin’, kid.” ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/64 "2002-05-28T20:59:01Z")
I like Wesley Snipes, from \Blade 2\. “Keep pushing, asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/65 "2002-05-28T23:04:25Z")
Eastwood’s got a lot of great lines. In ‘High Plains Drifter’ the hotel owner’s wife says: “I knew you were cruel, but I didn’t know how far you could go.” Eastwood: “You still don’t.” “What’d you say your name was, stranger?” “I didn’t” The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly–The Ugly: (reading the Bad’s note) “See you soon, idi…idio…idio…” Eastwood takes the note: “Idiots, it’s for you.” Dollar movie–“Get 3 coffins ready,…my mistake. four.” “Rohos on one side, Baxters on the other and me in the middle–crazy bellringer was right, a lot of money to be made in this town.” Then: “Mexican government on one side and the American government on the other and me in the middle–too dangerous.” As he rides out of town with a shit load of cash and everybody dead. Also, “Why are you doing this?” “$500” ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/66 "2002-05-29T01:24:07Z")
From _The Big Sleep_: Eddie Mars: Convenient, the door being open when you didn’t have a key, eh? Philip Marlowe: Yeah, wasn’t it. By the way, how’d you happen to have one? Mars: Is that any of your business? Marlowe: I could make it my business. Mars: I could make your business mine. Marlowe: Oh, you wouldn’t like it. The pay’s too small. Marlowe: My, my, my. Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains! ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/67 "2002-05-29T13:25:00Z")
Two favorites: “Are you going to bark all day little doggie, or are you going to bite.” “I find your lack of faith— disturbing” ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/68 "2002-05-29T14:09:33Z")
While not exactly a witty one liner (more of a no liner actually) one of my faves is the huge smile on the Terminators face when he picks up the minigun in T2. ---
**Author:** ![tetsusaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tetsusaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetsusaru)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/69 "2002-05-29T14:10:15Z")
The Score: Robert De Niro {worldly-wise jewel thief} to Edward Norton {hot-shot kid who has just failed to double-cross him}: “Lemme ask you somethin`, Jack. When did you first start to think you were better than me?” And from Mad Dogs {can`t remember whose line it was - Richard Dreyfus?}: “When it comes to not giving a fuck, you guys are just dabblers.” ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/70 "2002-05-29T17:33:39Z")
After swearing, at the kid’s insistance, that he won’t kill anyone, the Terminator shoots a gate guard in the kneecaps. As the guy is sitting there yelling in pain, Arnie says, “He’ll live.” And how on earth have we not mentioned, “Hasta la vista, baby!” ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_dupont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@andrew\_dupont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_dupont)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/71 "2002-05-29T19:19:15Z")
Austin Powers: Not the time to lose one’s _head_. Vanessa: No. Austin Powers: That’s not the way to get a_head_ in life. Vanessa: No. Austin Powers: It’s a shame he wasn’t more _head_strong. Vanessa: Hmm. Austin Powers: He’ll never be the _head_ of a major corporation. Vanessa: Okay, that’ll do. Austin Powers: Okay. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/72 "2002-05-29T19:25:14Z")
I don’t know, I always took the AP scene to be Vanessa making fun of his cheesy lines, not trying to help him decide on the best one. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752/73 "2002-05-29T20:47:03Z")
IIRC **You only live twice** Bond flips someone into a pool of pirahnas and as the guy is being shredded he utters, “Bon Appetit.” 😃 Its so cool and laidback, Connery definately set Bond up as the hardest, coolest motherf\*\*\*er the spy world has _ever_ seen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-one-liners/110752.md?page=3)